As our Sourcing & Vendor Transportation Manager, you'll be responsible for the design, acquisition and operation of the company's domestic transportationnetwork, with a primary focus on the effective and efficient distribution of goods to customers. You'll lead and support functional areas of customer delivery, transportation planning and logistics sourcing.

You'll use lean methodologies to discover and drive significant change from 'as is'. You'll seek out, introduce and apply industry 'best practices' with a focus on efficiency and sustainability. You'll plan, develop, and implement programs to coordinate movement of product from manufacturing sites to distributionfacilities including cross-border shipping issues.

You'll identify, target and acquire the services of carriers and Logistics Service Providers (LSP's) that support the mission of delivering premium service. You'll lead and engage key stakeholders in the network acquisition process, including the establishment of policies/standards/procedures and rates in LSP contracts.

You'll be responsible for payment processes and cost tracking that provide visibility to the overall efficiency of the organization and reduce costs. You'll create business plans and financialbudgets. You'll meet or exceed the committed service levels to all key stakeholders, both internal (DC's, subsidiaries) and external (customers). In addition, you'll create, monitor and report on the critical KPI's that measure the performance of the LSP network against agreed upon service standards.

Qualifications

Requirements for the position include:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics or a related field and at least 5 years' experience in progressively responsible, relevant Business Management positions, including a minimum of 2 years' in a leadership role directly managing analysts, planners and professional-level or hourly staff